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A spectroscopic experimental and computer-assisted empirical model for the production and energetics of excited oxygen molecules formed by atom recombination on shuttle tile surfacesA visible emission spectroscopic method was developed. The amounts of excited singlet and triplet oxygen molecules produced by recombination on the Space Shuttle Orbiter thermal protective tiles at elevated temperatures are determined. Rate constants and energetics of the extremely exothermic reaction are evaluated in terms of a chemical and mathematical model. Implications for potential contribution to Shuttle surface reentry heating fluxes are outlined.
Document ID
19820015254
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Other
Authors
Owan, D. A.
(Murray State Univ. KY, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
August 20, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Houston Univ. The 1981 NASA ASEE Summer Fac. Fellowship Program, Vol. 2
Subject Category
Space Transportation
Accession Number
82N23128
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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